Montana State Rep. Ken Peterson is afraid that you’ll find you like engaging in homosexual acts

April 8th, 2011

Despite rulings in the Montana and US Supreme Courts that laws criminalizing homosexuality are unconstitutional, Ken Peterson, a Republican member of Montana’s legislature, thinks homophobic laws still apply in certain cases.

According to Peterson, chair of the House Judiciary Committee, there are at least two prosecutable offenses—felonies punishable by up to 10 years in prison and a $50,000 fine. One is the “recruitment” of non-gays. “Homosexuals can’t go out into the heterosexual community and try to recruit people, or try to enlist them in homosexual acts,” Peterson says. He provides an example: “Here, young man, your hormones are raging. Let’s go in this bedroom, and we’ll engage in some homosexual acts. You’ll find you like it.” Peterson hasnt actually seen this happen, he says, because “I don’t associate with that group of people at all… I’ve associated with mainstream people all my life.”